Agenda - Council Work Session - 09/24/2024

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4. Cannabis Retailer: Any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or association, foreign or domestic,selling cannabis product to a consumer and not for the purpose of resale in any form. 5. Daycare: A location licensed with the Minnesota Department of Human Services to provide the care of a child in a residence outside the child's own home for gain or otherwise, on a regular basis, for any part of a 24-hour day. 6. Lower-potency Hemp Edible:As defined under Minn.Stat. 342.01 subd.50. 7. Office of Cannabis Management: Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management, referred to as "OCM" in this ordinance. 8. Place of Public Accommodation: A business, accommodation, refreshment, entertainment, recreation,or transportation facility of any kind,whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations are extended, offered, sold, or otherwise made available to the public. 9. Preliminary License Approval: OCM pre-approval for a cannabis business license for applicants who qualify under Minn. Stat. 342.17. 10. Public Place: A public park or trail, public street or sidewalk; any enclosed, indoor area used by the general public, including, but not limited to, restaurants; bars; any other food or liquor establishment; hospitals; nursing homes; auditoriums; arenas; gyms; meeting rooms; common areas of rental apartment buildings, and other places of public accommodation. 11. Residential Treatment Facility:As defined under Minn.Stat.245.462 subd. 23. 12. Retail Registration: An approved registration issued by the City of Ramsey to a state- licensed cannabis retail business. 13. School: A public school as defined under Minn. Stat. 120A.05 or a nonpublic school that must meet the reporting requirements under Minn. Stat. 120A.24. 14. State License: An approved license issued by the State of Minnesota's Office of Cannabis Management to a cannabis retail business. Section 2. Registration of Cannabis Businesses A city or town can delegate authority for registration to the County. A city or town can still adopt specific requirement regarding zoning, buffers, and use in public places, provided said requirements are not in conflict with an ordinance adopted under the delegated authority granted to the County. 2.1 Consent to registering of Cannabis Businesses No individual or entity may operate a state-licensed cannabis retail business within Ramsey without first registering with the city. Any state-licensed cannabis retail business that sells to a customer or patient without valid retail registration shall incur a civil penalty of(up to$2,000) for each violation. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the state shall not issue a license to any cannabis business to operate in Indian country, as defined in United States Code,title 18, section 1151, of a Minnesota Tribal government without the consent of the Tribal government.